Hacienda CDC

Micro Mercantes is a nonprofit food business incubator for low income & minority entrepreneurs. Come to an orientation to learn about the program (971-280-3825 or email). Attend our boot camp: Meet experts to know what you need to start a food business. Enroll in program services: business advising, seminars, IDA’s, sales opportunities, commissary kitchen & more!

Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber

The Chamber serves to increase economic advancement for the Latino business community, build business competency and enhance opportunities for Latino-owned businesses to earn contracts for public- and private-sector projects.

Lewis & Clark Law School Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC)

Lewis & Clark Law School’s Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) provides business transactional legal advice to new and emerging businesses, primarily those owned by women, minorities and recent immigrants.

Mercy Corps Northwest

Mercy Corps Northwest works to assist low-income and beginning entrepreneurs to start or grow their small business. Based in Portland, their services include loans, grants to purchase business assets, a business planning 101 course and weekly seminars on a range of topics.

Microenterprise Inventors Program of Oregon (MIPO)

MIPO is a program created through East County One-stop of Portland, Oregon. MIPO’s mission is to provide business services and resources for the micro-enterprise independent inventors. MIPO provides business consulting for inventors, classes with expert instructors, webinars through partner programs, computer lab access, Oregon’s Inventors Web site, quarterly e-newsletters, networking events and the Inventor’s Trade Show.

Northeast Oregon Economic Development District

The District manages three revolving loan funds to bridge financing gaps for businesses; supports businesses seeking matched savings for investments; provides business training and networking opportunities. Professional staff carry out the organization’s mission of accessing and providing resources and facilitating quality decision-making on behalf of entrepreneurs, businesses and communities in northeast Oregon.

Oregon Native American Business Network (ONABEN)

ONABEN provides Native Americans access to markets through its Business Directory, Web site and through tribal-sponsored Business Service Centers. It supports business reference libraries, computer and internet access in locations throughout Oregon and the Northwest.

Philippine American Chamber of Commerce (PACCO)

PACCO serves as a clearinghouse for Philippine-American trade, tourism and economic information as well as acts as a liaison for government agencies. It provides help for starting a business in Oregon and its members, and the community, with a direct link to networking opportunities, referrals, business resources and business seminars.

Rural Development Initiatives, Inc. (RDI)

RDI is a non-profit dedicated to serving as a catalyst for rural community vitality working with rural leaders and volunteers to expand their knowledge, skills and networks so they can undertake successful community and economic development projects.

SCORE—Central Oregon Chapter

SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and provides support to business owners by offering 24/7 online mentoring advice, in-person meetings, low- cost workshops, “how-to” articles, business templates, online workshops and online training.

SCORE—Portland Chapter

SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and provides support to business owners by offering 24/7 online mentoring advice, in-person meetings, low- cost workshops, “how-to” articles, business templates, online workshops and online training.

SCORE—Salem Chapter

SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and provides support to business owners by offering 24/7 online mentoring advice, in-person meetings, low- cost workshops, “how-to” articles, business templates, online workshops and online training.

Small Business Administration—Oregon District Office

The U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. SBA provides assistances primarily through its programmatic functions.

South Central Oregon Economic Development District (SCOEDD)

SCOEDD serves as the primary conduit for regional economic development resources for Klamath and Lake counties. It provides the professional staff to support economic development planning on a regional basis, and to the individual economic development efforts of Lake and Klamath counties. It also manages and administers regional grant and loan programs.